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FUNCTIONS / BINARY STRING FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

sha256

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Computes the SHA-256 hash of the binary string.

Signatures & examples

sha256 ( bytea ) → bytea
Computes the SHA-256 hash of the binary string.
sha256('abc'::bytea) → \xba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223​b00361a396177a9cb410ff61f20015ad
Version history 2
  1. PG 12 → 13changed
  2. PG 10 → 11added

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